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Castor is a multiple star system made up of six individual stars; there are three visual components, all of which are spectroscopic binaries. Appearing to the naked eye as a single star, Castor was first recorded as a double star in 1718 by James Pound , but it may have been resolved into at least two sources of light by Cassini as early as 1678.
Gemini is dominated by Castor and Pollux, two bright stars that appear relatively very closely together forming an o shape, encouraging the mythological link between the constellation and twinship. The twin above and to the right (as seen from the Northern Hemisphere) is Castor, whose brightest star is α Gem; it is a second-magnitude star and ...
Gemini (♊︎; / ˈ dʒ ɛ m ɪ n aɪ / JEM-in-eye [2] Greek: Δίδυμοι, romanized: Dídymoi, Latin for "twins") is the third astrological sign in the zodiac. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this sign between about May 21 to June 21. [3] Gemini is represented by the twins, Castor and Pollux, [4] known as the Dioscuri in Greek ...
The sun is normally in Gemini between the dates of May 20 and June 20, though it varies year per year. ... The "Guardians of the Galaxy" star was born on June 19. Her "Guardians" co-star Chris ...
Punarvasu is the birth nakshatra of Lord Rama: “On completion of the ritual, six seasons have passed by and then in the twelfth month, on the ninth day of Chaitra month [April–May,] when the presiding deity of ruling star of the day is Aditi, where the ruling star of day is Punarvasu (), the asterism is in the ascendant, and when five of the nine planets viz., Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn ...
Castor most commonly refers to: Castor (star), a star in the Gemini constellation; Castor, one of the Dioscuri/Gemini twins Castor and Pollux in Greco-Roman mythology;
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Pages in category "Gemini (constellation)" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. ... Castor (star) Chi Geminorum; CXOU J061705.3+222127; D ...